Public Art
Resonance
“Resonance” is a wall‐relief illumination artwork that signifies and celebrates the Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre at Denver Performing Arts Complex in Downtown Denver, Colorado. It intends to be a soaring, luminescent threshold that captures the attention and imagination of those who walk beneath prior to attending a performance or simply when exploring the downtown area …
Public Art
Leaf
In celebration of the art and science collections housed within the Freyer-Newman Center at the Denver Botanic Gardens, this sculpture blends the beauty of nature with the rigor of scientific inquiry. Each of its 251 cells contain a silhouette of a Colorado native plant specimen held by Denver Botanic Gardens’ Kathryn Kalmbach Herbarium. Included is …
Public Art
Christopher Columbus
This bronze statue depicts a stylistic human form extending arms and legs in four directions – North, South, East and West. The statue is encircled by three spherical stainless steel rings representing the planet earth. Donated by Alfred P. Adamo and Anna Adamo in 1970.
Public Art
Ascent
The Denver Arts & Venues Public Art Program commissioned an original musical composition for Denver’s City and County Building Chime. The composition will act as a signature piece for Denver; something that will be memorable to identify Denver to residents and visitors. The composition is celebratory in nature (e.g., uplifting, lively, positive: evoking the spirit …
Urban Arts Fund
Born Within Their Natal Cloud
This mural is a procedurally-generated design, reflective of the microcosmic/macrocosmic dual nature of reality.
Urban Arts Fund
Color Isn’t Race
The mural features four colorful portraits (two young boys and two young girls), diverse in race, culture and religion. The colorful background becomes part of the color of their skins. Denver’s diversity is portrayed and celebrated through these four portraits.
Urban Arts Fund
World Color Wheel
Public Art
Albedo
Mr. Akan’s work often utilizes fiber optics and light in the natural environment allowing the elements (wind, natural light, etc) to enhance the piece. His pieces force the question of synthetic vs. natural environments. Albedo is an undulating sculptural wall that includes the fiber optic elements used in previous pieces for a night-time presence. The wall consists …
Urban Arts Fund
Last Colors
Urban Arts Fund
Untitled (black and white abstract)
This black and white mural displaying a repeating pattern of fluidity and organic shapes is located on Cherry Creek Trail. After the original design was complete, the negative spaces in the artwork were filled in by community members during a “coloring book” event, certainly a highlight of the project. The event brought together all parts …